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The Forest Legacy Program was established in the 1990 United States farm bill to protect environmentally important forest lands that are threatened by conversion to nonforest uses. It provides federal funding for conservation easements and fee simple purchases.
Life magazine printed five of the pictures in its June 19, 1944, issue, "Beachheads of Normandy: The Fateful Battle for Europe is Joined by Sea and Air." [1] Some of the images had captions that described the footage as "slightly out of focus", explaining that Capa's hands were shaking in the excitement of the moment.
Many Fairfield County residents served during the war, and many gave their lives including on D-Day. Today, the Eagle-Gazette looks back to Normandy. 80 years ago: Fairfield County represented on ...
The third man, Private Robert Warnock, was shot and mortally wounded. [9] The only soldier who regained the cabin was George Dye, who fought alongside John Shambaugh a neighbor to the Copus family. George Dye was wounded in the thigh by a musketball. As he came through the door, Copus was hit by a shot through his chest. [11]
The Boys of Company K: Ohio Cavalry Soldiers in the West During the Civil War. High Plains Press, 2012. ISBN 9781937147013; Ohio Roster Commission. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861–1865, vol. 11 (Akron, OH: Werner Co., 1891), pp. 547–82.
Homecoming is a 1943 photograph of an American soldier returning from active service in World War II. The image was captured by Earle Bunker and it won the 1944 Pulitzer Prize for Photography . The image also won a national Associated Press news photo contest and it was featured in Life , Time and Newsweek .
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This institution was the predecessor of the Ohio Veterans' Children's Home. In 1870, the State of Ohio assumed control of the home. The Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home was originally located in a rented building in Xenia, Ohio. In 1869, Xenia residents provided the GAR with 150 acres of land to build a permanent facility. [2]